Sluts and Scholars

Sluts & Scholars is one of Cosmopolitan's "Hot Podcasts to Listen To." Nicoletta Heidegger is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (#110256) and Sexologist. She chats with folks from across sexuality, kink, and professional spectrums about desire, pleasure, shame, stigma and (of course) bodily functions.

Combining irreverence and expertise, on the docket is anything remotely related to sexual, reproductive and bodily autonomy; from the indigenous menstrual practices of the Hupa Valley tribe, to beauty confidence advice from Dita von Teese, anal sex pro tips from Jessica Drake, and Cyberstalking with Amber Heard. Join these slutty scholars as they help to make your sex smarter, and your smarts sexier.

124 Sex Working Moms with Juniper Fitzgerald

Oct 31, 2019

This week Simone chats with former sex worker, mother, activist, and professor Juniper Fitzgerald. Get ready for a conversation that is scarier than Halloween about real life sex work stigma. Also included: balancing identities and how to talk to your kids about sex work and gender expansion.

Juniper’s TED talk:

123 Spooky Sex with Dr. Amie Harwick

Oct 24, 2019

This week we are joined by sex therapist Dr. Amie Harwick to talk all things spooky just in time for Halloween. While October is not the only time to experiment, why not start now with a conversation about blood play, the fear response, haunted houses, burying someone alive, and clowns in black lipstick. Also covered:...

122 Sloppy Seconds Teaser with Dirty Lola

Oct 17, 2019

This is a 15 minute teaser of our episode with Dirty Lola. Simone and Lola talk about nerdy smut, erotica, power play, free labor, and divorce. The full episode can be found for Patrons only at patreon.com/slutsandscholars. Remember that this podcast is a labor of love and we want to sustain this show! Please consider...

121 Sex Ed in Color with Cameron Glover

Oct 10, 2019

This is a crucial episode about whiteness in sex education and how to "pass the mic." Cameron helps Nicoletta and Simone break down tokenization versus racial justice and sexual liberation. Also discussed: desirability politics and tribbing!

Resources discussed:

- Cameron https://www.cameronglover.com

- Wildflower...

120 Shameless Sex

Oct 3, 2019

This week Sluts and Scholars gets even more shame-free with the ladies of Shameless Sex. They talk a lot about how to have sex play with a soft penis, toys, erotic massages, censorship, lubrication, and the clock method (the what?!). Also included: random rants and tangents about pimple popping.

Shameless: